Gender: FemaleRace or Ethnicity: WhiteSexual orientation:LesbianOccupation: Head of State

Nationality: IcelandExecutive summary: Prime Minister of Iceland

Johanna Sigurdardottir became interim Prime Minister of Iceland on 1 February 2009, in the wake of the 2008 economic crisis that caused the collapse of her nation's conservative government and resignation of PM Geir Haarde. She is Iceland's first female Prime Minister and the world's first openly gay head of state. Originally expected to serve only until general elections were held, she surprised Iceland's political observers by winning election to her post on 27 April 2009.